Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Sweden

Invitation: GoFood 2017 - The 2nd Global Food Safety & Technology Forum
2017-05-31 - 2017-06-02
On May 31 – June 2 2017 Lund University and The Technical University of Denmark will together with The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong and The University of Bologna organise the 2nd Global Conference on Food Safety.
The conference will cover the whole value chain and as well focus on cooperation between Europe and Asia, another will also be the globalization and food safety
Participants from universities and research institutions, companies, international organisations and NGO:s around the world and also governments in Europe and Asia, incl EU and APEC are invited to the forum. A large delegation from Hong Kong will also attend, which makes this an excellent opportunity to network.
The attached PDF contains more information on the schedule and how to register: GoFood 2017 INVITATION

Annual delegation trip to Hong Kong 2016
2016-11-26 - 2016-12-03
The annual delegation trip to Hong Kong arranged by the Royal Sweden Hong Kong Business Council (RSHKBC) took place between 26 Nov to 3 Dec 2016 and was led by HRH Princess Birgitta of Sweden. RSHKBC specially welcomed a group of students and directors from Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, who visited Business of Design Week, the Hong Kong Forum and as well the exhibitions of World SME Expo and Inno Design Tech.

A special study tour was made to the Vocational Training Council (VTC) which is the largest vocational and professional education and training provider in Hong Kong. Among the offered programmes at VTC are Design, Engineering, Hotel, Service & Tourism Studies.

The Consulate General of Sweden in Hong Kong together with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong arranged a reception during the delegation week at Mettā, which provides a platform for start-ups and multinationals to network and collaborate.

Copyright: Consulate General of Sweden in Hong Kong

In addition, several meetings were arranged with stakeholders in Hong Kong, such as mr Ming Wai Lau which during 2015 donated 50 MUSD to Karolinska Institutet for research purposes.
